The Wandering Mind

Isn't is interesting how often our mind wanders every day? Be it during a work meeting, at the dinner table, even in traffic. We are constantly disengaging from our main focus and we get lost in thought.

There are numerous ways that society recommends rearranging the landscape of our mind, to clear the clutter. There is deep breathing, meditation, yoga, list-making.  All great ways to reorganize our thought process and shift back to the focused attention.

But is it really so bad to hike the mind trails? To wander? Daydream?

It would be optimistic to say that the majority of the time that our minds wander, that we were daydreaming about wanted vacations, retirement adventures and hobbies, when we win the lottery. But the truth is, we are usually distracted with grocery lists, our cab driving duties to our offspring's extracurriculars, bills, arguments.

Is it a fair guess to say that half of the time that we should be on task we find our mind roaming down already beaten paths?  I know that there are multiple times a day I worry about the same thing over and over: lost Amazon shipments, checks that haven't posted, forgotten items on the grocery list.  Things to lose sleepover? Abso-friggin'-lutely not. Do I? But of course.

So if these trivial, mind-cluttering, nonsensical thoughts snowball or multiple decide to have a "happy hour" and gather in our brain for a good time, I know that my anxiety rises, headaches occur, sleep becomes all but a reality.

So perhaps there is something to be said for mini-mindful breaks. Deep breaths for not only our souls but also for a productive work day.

I know I have been absent from blogging lately. The mind clutter took over. And my commitment to this blog was an attendee to that happy hour in my head.

This blog has been a project that has been a long time coming.  Started and stopped. Thought about and delayed.

This has been a theme of mine.  Not with just the blog but with a lot of ambitions and goals.

I owe my best friend for holding me accountable to my goals and the straight-talk she has with me. She keeps me on my journey and helps me push through the times that the head-clutter and mind wandering get me off track. 

So I take a breath, re-group and do the things that help me rid the negative mindset. Today I reset.

Here is to a happy day to you all!  And a hopeful cheer to some positive mind wandering!